Creating a treasury

Ways to create
There are three main ways to create a treasury (not counting Shmetsy, which isn't working well for many people right now):

1. Use the Add to treasury feature

• On the new item page view, Add to treasury is way down at the bottom of the page, below the item's tags.

2. Basic method

To create a treasury, I find it easiest to work in multiple browser tabs.

1.     First, create a new treasury.

a.     From Etsy’s home page, go to More Ways to Shop on the bottom left and choose Treasury.

b.     On the top right, under Curator Tools, choose Create a List.

2.     Fill in the Title and Description. I’ve decided to make a treasury called “TeamLove loves flowers!”

3.     Open a second tab in your browser, navigate to Etsy and search. I’m searching for teamlove flowers.

4.     Find an item you want to include in the treasury. Right-click on it and Open Link in New Tab.

5.     Click on the item’s browser tab (third from the left in my screenshots) and find the 9-digit number in the URL. Highlight the number by double-clicking it and Copy the number.

6.     Close the item’s browser tab and go to the browser tab for the treasury list. (In these screenshots, it’s the far left tab.)

a.     Click in a box that says Listing URL and Paste.

b.     Click OK, and the photo appears in the box.

7.     Repeat steps 4 through 6b for the other 15 item slots. 

8.     If you’d like to rearrange items, click and hold on an item and drag it to a different spot. Play around until you’re happy. 

9.     Fill in your tags.

a.     Always use “TeamLoveGroup” so your treasury will automatically be entered in the TeamLove monthly contest.

10.  Scroll to the bottom and click Save. Your treasury is live for people to see!

11.  Go to the current week’s “The Curator” TeamLove Discussion thread.

a.     Paste the treasury link in the Discussion.

12.  Notify shops whose items you featured that they’re in your treasury. The easiest way to do this is through Shmetsy.

a.     If you install the Shmetsy tools in your browser, from the treasury page, click the yellow and white Shmetsy star and select Convo Sender.

b.     b. Scroll down and click Send me to Etsy.com

c.     It takes you to your treasury page. Scroll down until you see Send convos on the bottom right. Edit the message if you’d like and click Send. 

13.  Finally, go through your treasury and hover over each item to heart (or unheart and then heart) it.

3. Enhantsy
Think of Enhantsy as "enhancements on Etsy." Enhantsy offers tools for making treasuries and sending convos to people featured. Click here for step-by-step details. 

Things to remember
Regardless of how you create a treasury, keep these things in mind.

1. Always add the TeamLoveGroup tag.
2. Use 16 different shops, and don't use your own. 
3. Paste the link to your finished treasury in the current week's The Curator thread. 
4. Promote on your social networks. Here are guidelines for a few common ones.

a.     Pinterest

        i.     Go to treasurypin.com and paste the treasury URL, then click Go!

                      ii.     Click the Pin It button.

                      iii.     Choose your collection, type the treasury name and click PinIt.

b.     Twitter

                       i.     From the treasury page, click the Tweet button.

                      ii.     Add hashtags (always #teamlove and #vintage), any other description you want and click Tweet.